Personal Health Information Protection Act

Ontario has a health privacy law, the Personal Health Information Protection Act, which came into effect on November 1, 2004. This Act has been established to set out rules on the collection, use and disclosure of information that is collected about patients. We are required to keep your personal health information safe and secure. You have the right to know how we may use and give it out and how you can get access to it. This document is intended to provide you with our privacy practices.

Collection of Personal Health Information

We collect personal health information about you directly from you or from the person acting on your behalf. The personal health information that we collect may include, for example, your name, date of birth, address, health history, records of your visits to Toronto Grace Health Centre and the care that you received during those visits. Occasionally, we collect personal health information about you from other sources if we have obtained your consent to do so or if the law permits.